Focus of Article: The focus of PART 1 of this article is to analyze Blackstone Secured Lending’s (BXSL) recent results and compare a handful of the company’s metrics to 11 business development company (“BDC”) peers. This analysis will show past and current data with supporting documentation. Table 1 will compare BXSL’s recent net asset value (“NAV”) economic return (loss), adjusted net investment income (“NII”), stock price to annualized NII ratio, and percentage of total investment income attributable to c ...